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Sudan: One Child Every 10 Seconds Forced To Flee Their Home Since Conflict Began Two Years Ago

Friday, 18 April 2025, 9:34 am | Save The Children

PORT SUDAN, 15 April 2025 - One child every 10 seconds on average has been forced to flee their homes since the conflict began in Sudan two years ago, according to new analysis from Save the Children. Sudan was already facing one of the world’s ... More >>

Children Speak Out: What Tamariki And Rangatahi Really Want From A Safer Internet

Thursday, 10 April 2025, 12:21 pm | Save The Children

The survey, launched in the lead-up to New Zealand Children’s Day in March, asked tamariki and rangatahi aged 6 to 18 about their experiences in the online world, what makes them feel safe, and what they want adults - including parents, teachers, ... More >>

Adventurers To Take On 4,000km Journey Across Aotearoa To Support Pacific Nation Climate Resilient Classrooms

Wednesday, 9 April 2025, 9:49 am | Save The Children

Dubbed ‘Alpine Odyssey Aotearoa’, the 90-day journey will see Kingston and his long-time friend and fellow adventurer, Mote, take on the 4000km journey from the tip of the North Island, beginning 25 June, to the bottom of the South, skiing at ... More >>

MYANMAR: Heavy Rains Heighten Risk Of Disease Outbreaks Following Earthquake

Tuesday, 8 April 2025, 10:33 am | Save The Children

Families are telling Save the Children that food and drinking water are their urgent priorities, but that they also need repairs to toilets and washing facilities which are crucial to limiting the spread of water and mosquito borne disease such as cholera ... More >>

One Week After Myanmar Earthquake, Children Grieve For Lost Parents While Needs, Including Water & Shelter, Remain High

Sunday, 6 April 2025, 11:53 am | Save The Children

With local partners, Save the Children is delivering emergency health care and first aid medical services to children and their families, including psychosocial support to children who are experiencing fear, shock and loss after the earthquake. More >>

Food Cuts And An Earthquake Bring Double The Devastation For Children In Thai Refugee Camps

Friday, 4 April 2025, 10:00 am | Save The Children

Due to budget shortfalls, The Border Consortium (TBC), a government and non-government organisation funded provider of food assistance for refugees living on the border, has said it will have to reduce food support this month, affecting more than 80% ... More >>

MYANMAR: Children Living In The Open Face Additional Risk Of Heat Related Illnesses After Deadly Earthquake

Thursday, 3 April 2025, 5:59 pm | Save The Children

In Shan state, more than 13,000 people have been displaced, and in Central and Northwestern Myanmar, at least 10,000 buildings have collapsed or been severely damaged [1]. At least 2,700 people have died and thousands more injured. More >>

‘It Was Terrifying’ - Children Prepare To Spend Myanmar New Year Festival In Shelters Following Earthquake

Tuesday, 1 April 2025, 9:37 am | Save The Children

The earthquake on 28 March - the most powerful one in a century to hit Myanmar - caused extensive damage to infrastructure, as well as disrupting electricity and telecommunications services across the country. More >>

After Strongest Earthquake In A Century, Children In Myanmar & On Thai-Myanmar Border Need Urgent Humanitarian Support

Sunday, 30 March 2025, 3:30 pm | Save The Children

The earthquake has upended lives across Myanmar and in parts of Thailand and there are children and families who will need our urgent support as they come to terms with what has happened. More >>

Young Ocean Champions Off To France For Global Summit

Friday, 21 March 2025, 9:31 am | Save The Children

The global forum, hosted at Nausicaá, Centre National de la Mer in Boulogne sur Mer, France, brings together more than 60 youth representatives from around the world to share the insights and solutions from their regions. More >>

Children Among Highest Casualties Of Israeli Airstrikes In Return To Widespread Death And Destruction

Wednesday, 19 March 2025, 2:52 pm | Save The Children

Israeli airstrikes in Gaza City, Khan Younis, Deir Al-Balah and Rafah governorates this morning wiped out entire families, according to Gaza’s Government Media Office. More >>

New CEO Heather Campbell To Lead Save The Children New Zealand

Friday, 14 March 2025, 3:19 pm | Save The Children

Ms Campbell, who will take up the role from Monday 17 March, brings more than two decades of experience in international development to the role, previously leading both development and humanitarian portfolios. More >>

Tamariki Encouraged To Share Their Online Experiences In Efforts To Improve Internet Safety

Friday, 28 February 2025, 8:53 am | Save The Children

The anonymous online survey is open to all children and young people aged 5-18 and the results will be shared with parents, teachers and decision makers to better understand how to support young people online. More >>

Save The Children Calls For Immediate Action To Meet Minimum Standards For Children In Care, Following New Report

Wednesday, 26 February 2025, 1:52 pm | Save The Children

The report shows 23 % of tamariki and rangatahi were found to have been abused in secure residences, with 18 % of the harm caused by residence staff and 79 % by other rangatahi. Save the Children is calling for immediate action based on the findings ... More >>

Save The Children: Urgent Investment Needed In Low-income Families, Particularly Sole Parent Households

Thursday, 20 February 2025, 7:13 pm | Save The Children

"Child poverty is complex and needs political commitment and investment across all governments if we are to achieve real change and enable all children in Aotearoa to thrive," says Save the Children New Zealand’s Advocacy and Research Director ... More >>

New Campaign Calls For An End To Criminalising Aotearoa’s Vulnerable Children

Friday, 31 January 2025, 11:02 am | Save The Children

Save the Children’s Advocacy and Research Director Jacqui Southey says evidence shows that punitive approaches like these fail to address the root causes of youth offending, such as trauma, abuse and systemic inequality, and risk causing further ... More >>

GAZA: Food, Water And Medicine Priorities For Children Once Hostilities Paused In Gaza

Sunday, 19 January 2025, 7:06 pm | Save The Children

Nearly all 1.1 million children in Gaza - about half of the population - are in urgent need of food, with many surviving on just one meal a day after 15 months of war. More >>

VANUATU: 12,610 Children Face Disrupted Start To School Year One Month On From Devastating Earthquakes

Friday, 17 January 2025, 9:29 am | Save The Children

At least 80,000 people have been impacted by the magnitude 7.3 earthquake that struck on December 17, 2024, according to the latest figures from the Vanuatu Government. More than 200 people were injured, with 14 confirmed deaths, including two children. More >>

Any Pause Must Become A Definitive Ceasefire To Protect Children & Allow Life-Saving Services For Malnutrition & Disease

Thursday, 16 January 2025, 10:16 am | Save The Children

Save the Children is relieved that the Government of Israel and Hamas have finally reached agreement on a pause in hostilities after 15 months of siege and bombardment by Israeli forces that followed attacks by Palestinian armed groups in Israel on ... More >>

Children Make Up Nearly Half Of Rohingya Refugees Taking Perilous Boat Journeys In 2024 As Numbers Continue To Rise

Thursday, 9 January 2025, 1:56 pm | Save The Children

On 5 January, 254 Rohingya people landed in Aceh in Indonesia with 10 people reported missing or dead [1]. Save the Children’s partner organisation, the Geutanyoe Foundation, said 118 children were among the new arrivals. More >>

   

 
 
 
 
 

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